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不止

bù zhǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

不止 (bù zhǐ) means "incessantly; more than (a number)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 不止 means

1. incessantly
2. without end
3. more than
4. not limited to

The characters in 不止

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

Example sentences

• 伤口流血不止。
  The wound will not stop bleeding.
• 我入狱不止一次。
  Wǒ rùyù bùzhǐyīcì.
  I've been in prison more than once.
• 我等了不止三小时。
  I waited more than three hours.
• 汤姆肯定不止三十了。
  Tom must be over thirty.
• 觉得汤姆肥的人不止我一个。
  Juéde Tāngmǔ féi de rén bù zhǐ wǒ yī gè.
  I'm not the only one who thinks Tom is overweight.
• 不止你， 连我也被牵连了。
  Bù zhǐ nǐ, lián wǒ yě bèi qiānlián le.
  Not only you but also I was involved.

Sounds the same

Read bù zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不只not only; not merely

Where 不止 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù zhǐ correctly.
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